Coating composition



106- 4 EXAMINH 3 Patented Feb. 8, 949 2,460,878

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COATING COMPOSITION Charles .DiBattista and Bernard Lewis in Battista, Cranford, N. J.

No Drawing. Application July 9, 1946, Serial No. 882,307

2 Claims. (CL'106-84) l 2 The present invention relates to a coating com which has been found materially to lessen the position especially adapted for use in the watertendency of the pigments to settle out, a tendency proofing, Painting, or otherwise decorating of macommon to most paints and the like. sonry surfaces. It is particularly useful in the However, the relative proportions of the sevtreatment of surfaces of the so-called asbestos 5 eral pigments and of the glycerine used to make shingles of commerce, however it may also be used up the so-called composite pigment mixture may. with advantage on concrete, stucco, and other be varied within the following ranges:

f l gg me lime and brick Silica From about 40 to about 70% Primary ingredients of the asbestos shingles gaggfi i gggg" $8: 228:: g :3 238:: of commerce are Portland cement, water and as- G] erm From about 1 to about 47 bestos fibers. Though such shingles have been yc e widely used for some years, no entirely satisfac- For ordinary use, is genoraiiy desirable t tory paint has heretofore been developed for their s about 3 pounds of the composite pigment decoration and preservation. The difllculty in mixture per gallo of vehioio. However, this providing a suitable paint for this purpo e h proportion may with advantage be increased to been due in Part, at least to the alkalinity as great as about 11 pounds per gallon, particuthe material, caused by the presence of free lime. iariy where t proportion of the silica oohstitu- It has PreviOusly been Prepesed use for this entof the composite pigment mixture approaches purpose a coating material havingv a sodium silithe upper end of the prescribed range. cate base. However, such coating materials have The compounding of our improved coating net been found setlsfeemry for the W position may be carried out by conventional mixthe reason the sodium Silicate in the course mg adapted thoroughly to disperse the I Of time blooms out forming a White Salt or saltpigments a d glycerme in the carrier and no like material on the painted surface. Our prespecial mixing apparatus or procedure is neces. ent coating composition is free from this objecsary The everal pigments may be premixed or ti n le char ri t separately added to the vehicle.

In the compounding of our present coating ma- Our improved coating material is not only terial, We use as the vehicle .22%? decorative, but also Waterproofs the surface to of otassium silicate, advantageously of 1 to '2 which it is applied, by closing all pores and hair en a m xed with the vehicle miner line or shrinkage cracks in the surface of the yeria il1aba i Su fa e and material. Further, it forms a strong bond with 1 19 51 9 advantageous in an aggregate masonry surfaces, and, where free lime is present. amount about equal to the weight of the vehicle. the potassium silicate eventually combines with cmsiderable latitude is permissible with the lime to form calcium silicate, thus binding the spect to the amounts of the glycerine and the coating chemically as well as physically to the several pigments used. We have with particular Surface advantage used 200 mesh silica, marketed as The com smon cifican d rib win of 95118, white wi lf ea ii m course prod ube a wlii t: coati g n izeri l Howoxide (TiOz) and glycerine in the following proever. it may be made in a great variety of coigrs poffiibfisi M P t by :oof an alkalistabl d e, or a mixer ture of suc dyes, to F composition described.

Silica Our improved coating material is fireproof, acid 5 proof, and to a substantial extent resistant to my n 2 alkalies. It is insoluble in oil and ordinary hydroce ne carbon solvents and is not aifected by fumes admixing these materials, herein for convenience ordinarily encountered. The coating has extradesignated composite pigment mixture, with the ordinary resistance to discoloration, and where potassiun silicate vehicle in proportions of about so alkali-resistant dye tuif are incorporated therepounds of 'the'iomposite pigment mixture per in, are extraordinarily resistant to color change gallon of the vehicle. or fading. Many dyestuifs stable in alkaline en- These particular proportions of the pigments vironment are available on the market and need have been found especially advantageous for the not here be enumerated.

reason that the specific gravity of the pigment We claim:

mixture is approximately that of the vehicle, 1. A decorative coating composition for ma- 3 sonry surfaces comprising an aqueous solution of potassium silicate of 15 to 25 B., as a vehicle and containing about 8 to about 11 pounds, per gallon of the vehicle, of a composite pigment mixture composed of the following materials in proportions by weight within the indicated ranges:

Per cent Silica 40 to 70 Barium sulfate 25 to 40 Titanium oxide 5 to 20 Glycerine 1 to 4 2. A decorative coating composition comprising an aqueous solution of potassium silicate of 15 to 25 B., as a vehicle, and containing about 8 pounds, per gallon of the vehicle, of a composite pigment mixture composed of the following constituents in proportions by weight approximately as indicated:

Per cent Silica 60 Barium sulfate 27.5 Titanium oxide 1'0 Glycerine 2.5

CHARLES DI na'r'rrs'ra BERNARD LEWIS m BATTISTA.

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